2001: Perl CGI HTTP_PROXY bug fixed! (by Merlyn :-)
www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.libwww/2001/03/msg2249.html

15 years before nginx:
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91819/references

15 years before Apache:
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5387

15 years before PHP:
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5385

15 years before Python:
bugs.python.org/issue27568

15 years before Go (Golang):
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5386


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